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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Subject Embassies and consulates Name Government of India, Foreign and Political Department, 1783-1937

1. IOR/L/PS/10/131

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/131
Title:
File 266/1908 Pt 2-3 ‘PERSIA:-D&C. EXPENDITURE’
Scope & Content:
This volume contains papers (mainly correspondence and financial statements) concerning diplomatic and consular expenditure by the Government of India and the British Government, mostly in relation to Persia [Iran]. Part 2 relates specifically to expenditure on consular buildings. Each part in...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Mar 1909-9 May 1916
Extent:

1 volume (253 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/624

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/624
Title:
File 3784/1916 ‘War: Persia German Consular Archives’
Scope & Content:
The volume mostly consists of translated copies of selected records from the German Consulate at Bushire, Persia [Iran]. These records largely consist of correspondence of the German Consulate at Bushire with the German Imperial Chancellor in Berlin and the German Legation at Tehran, dated 1899 ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Aug 1916-2 Jun 1916
Extent:

1 volume (281 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/626

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/626
Title:
File 3839/1916 Pt 1 'Persia: - Incidence of expenditure in - question of revising the agreement of 1900'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains papers mostly relating to expenditure incurred in Persia, and the issue of how this expenditure should be divided between the Imperial and Indian Exchequers. The papers mainly consist of correspondence between the India Office and the following: the Foreign Office, the Fore...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Mar 1914-4 Jun 1928
Extent:

1 volume (430 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/36

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/36
Title:
PZ 5377/31 'Hejaz-Nejd: alleged desecration of tombs at Jannatul Baki [Jannat al-Baqi]; treatment of Shiahs in the Hejaz'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding the disadvantageous treatment of Shia pilgrims in Saudi Arabia, particularly excess charges for transportation, and the destruction of shrines at Jannatul Baki [Jannat al-Baqi] cemetery in Medina by Ibn Saud in 1926. The primary correspondents are: Cecil...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Jun 1931-4 Oct 1932
Extent:
1 file (39 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/2155

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2155
Title:
Coll 6/82 'Saudi Arabia: Removal from Jedda, of Indian Vice-Consul, Pilgrimage officer (Bahadur Ihsanullah), owing to Saudi intrigues against him.'
Scope & Content:
This file concerns the early retirement of the Indian Vice-Consul at Jedda, Khan Bahadur Ihsanullah, in 1937, due to what are referred to as intrigues against him. The correspondence includes details of Ihsanullah's position as Vice-Consul, which he has held since 1918. It discusses his duties...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jun 1936-21 Oct 1937
Extent:
1 file (123 folios)